Player With Down Syndrome Began With The Team Rigid Age Limit
For two consecutive years was the most beloved member of Hobbton (NC) High football team Brett Bowden, a student with Down syndrome who agree and applaud every game Varsity finally win the right to manage the team the field and perform one set of keys after each game. He even scored a touchdown in a game official.
In other words, Bowden was everybody's favorite player, though rarely ever played. Yet, home Bowden Varsity secondary activities is also a weekly rite of passage, which meant both a teenager and his family, as did his companions.
In other words, Bowden was everybody's favorite player, though rarely ever played. Yet, home Bowden Varsity secondary activities is also a weekly rite of passage, which meant both a teenager and his family, as did his companions.
Suddenly, everything was taken away by a teenager in August, when he and his family learned he can not officially be part of a team of his senior year Hobbton is a hard but very simple reason: It is now too old.
According to ABC affiliate WWAY-Greenville TV3 HighSchoolOT WRAL.com partners and other sources, who recently turned 19 Bowden, an age when North Carolina High School Athletic Association considered too old to participate in school sports. Although the organization has reached out to express "understanding" on how the situation Bowden has left members of communities devastated Hobbton, he also insisted that nothing could be done to circumvent the rules on the NCHSAA age.
According to ABC affiliate WWAY-Greenville TV3 HighSchoolOT WRAL.com partners and other sources, who recently turned 19 Bowden, an age when North Carolina High School Athletic Association considered too old to participate in school sports. Although the organization has reached out to express "understanding" on how the situation Bowden has left members of communities devastated Hobbton, he also insisted that nothing could be done to circumvent the rules on the NCHSAA age.
"Brett can not see that he has Downs Syndrome," Bowden mother, Pat Bowden, told WWAY. "Brett just want to be one of those guys out there dressed, thinking he is a football player to feel like he is a footballer."
In an attempt to clarify its position officially published in North Carolina High School Athletic Association commissioner David Whitfield a statement on the admissibility of Bowden Varsity Wednesday.
"I want to clarify that the student-athlete has not been" kicked off the team, "Whitfield said in a statement in which he sent to the Prep Rally directly." Brett Bowden would still be part of the team, led the team in the field, wearing his jersey and his teammates, including some second post-game activities, has done in the past.
"The only thing I can do now that he could do until the dress off completely uniform, because the student has the right to be dressed in the competition. He is above the age limit is based on eligibility rules, and that the state board of education is one that we can not complain. "
Hobbton community is not clearly the decision of the NCHSAA is acceptable, and the positions of Facebook to prove he is not alone. After learning of the ineligibility of Bowden, the younger sister of the girl, Taylor Bowden, create a Facebook page, last Friday, entitled "Let's Play Brett Bowden." After a couple of photos of Bowden in action and an explanation of why Bowden should be able to remain a Wildcat team member was published, the page was removed. Starting Tuesday night, about 6,200 Facebook members have "wanted" page, with hundreds to leave their feelings about the decision in the NCHSAA positions on the wall of the page.
Facebook's popularity has not focused as a surprise to Taylor, who said that the community has always gathered around his brother.
Hobbton community is not clearly the decision of the NCHSAA is acceptable, and the positions of Facebook to prove he is not alone. After learning of the ineligibility of Bowden, the younger sister of the girl, Taylor Bowden, create a Facebook page, last Friday, entitled "Let's Play Brett Bowden." After a couple of photos of Bowden in action and an explanation of why Bowden should be able to remain a Wildcat team member was published, the page was removed. Starting Tuesday night, about 6,200 Facebook members have "wanted" page, with hundreds to leave their feelings about the decision in the NCHSAA positions on the wall of the page.
Facebook's popularity has not focused as a surprise to Taylor, who said that the community has always gathered around his brother.
"The whole community loves Brett," Taylor said Bowden WWAY. "I look at eveyone will be football. When he goes out and heats up most of the time."
Another of his teammates called Bowden higher inspiration, says that whenever Bowden led the Wildcats on the field he was taken to play as hard as possible to make Bowden proud.
He never gets the chance to feel like that is now in the hands of a government organization, will decide to bend the rules to a worthy cause clearly is acceptable or whether it would open the door to more problems for other North Carolina schools move forward.
Another of his teammates called Bowden higher inspiration, says that whenever Bowden led the Wildcats on the field he was taken to play as hard as possible to make Bowden proud.
He never gets the chance to feel like that is now in the hands of a government organization, will decide to bend the rules to a worthy cause clearly is acceptable or whether it would open the door to more problems for other North Carolina schools move forward.
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